Ukraine will never join NATO, former top commander says
Ukraine’s former top military commander, ?now ambassador to Britain, was quoted as saying on Monday there was no prospect of the country joining NATO, an...
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Hundreds of Panamanians protest canal reservoir plans
Around 300 people staged a protest in Panama City on Monday to oppose the construction of a new reservoir for the Panama Canal, which will...
Petro fears ‘civil war’ in Colombia after alleged electoral fraud
Colombia’s outgoing leftist president, Gustavo Petro, said Monday he has evidence of fraud in the presidential election and warned that the far-right president-elect’s rise to...
Japan sees ‘urgent’ need to boost military
Japan needs to boost its military with a “sense of urgency and crisis”, its defence minister said Tuesday, as a new government assessment again highlighted...
Myanmar ex-junta chief set for first Thailand visit as civilian leader
Myanmar’s ex-junta chief Min Aung Hlaing is expected in Thailand on Thursday, making his first trip there since becoming civilian leader as he seeks a...
Soldier kills 4 in gun rampage in Russian-occupied Crimea
Four people, including three civilians, were killed by an unidentified soldier in the Black Sea city of Sevastopol in Russian-annexed Crimea, the city’s Moscow-installed governor...
Footover bridge turns into an accident trap
Severe disrepair makes the structure dangerous for pedestrians A broken pedestrian overbridge near a bus stand in Dhaka has become risky for pedestrians due to...
Child malnutrition surges amid aid cuts
Child malnutrition in Afghanistan has reached critical levels, while severe funding shortages are forcing health workers to turn away millions of children and mothers in...
3 of a family found dead in Bagerhat
Police suspect murder after injuries found on victims’ heads Police recovered the bodies of three members of the same family from a house in Kachua...
Bangladesh still without Ombudsman
Bangladesh has yet to establish the Office of the Ombudsman, even 55 years after its independence, despite having both a constitutional provision and a law...
Measles death toll reaches 849
Bangladesh’s combined death toll from confirmed and suspected measles cases has risen to 849 after two more children died with measles-like symptoms in the 24...